grr

So after a very good run, my poker tide has turned this weekend. Derek came over Friday and was sweating my cards in a series of 4 SNGs. The opposition was awful, and I was steamrolling them... the only problem being that I could never win. In 4 tourneys I busted out of one early, and the other 3 I was literally all in something like 10 times. I'd say 9 of 10 I was a coinflip or better, and 5-6 at least of those 9 coinflips I was the favorite. I did not win any. I'd just jam on the next deal and get more folds, build up my stack, and hammer them again. Unreal.

I've played 20 today. (Yes, big poker day.) Out of 20, I've only managed 2 1sts, 1 2nd, and 3 3rds. I've busted out 10th twice, and 4th *6* times. I've sucked out a bit but I've been hammered by bad beats like mad. Stuff like:

GAME #1189117917 (LEVEL VIII, GAME #3) - 250/500 NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM - 2006/01/01-15:25:42.5 (CST)
Table "Cala d'Hort" ($20 tournament) -- Seat 9 is the button
Seat  6: Lucas22  (5,915.00 in chips)
Seat  8: peanut109  (1,510.00 in chips)
Seat  9: Big Pot Fan  (1,575.00 in chips)
Seat 10: async  (1,000.00 in chips)
async   : Post Small Blind (250)
Lucas22 : Post Big Blind (500)
Dealt to async [ Jd ]
Dealt to async [ Ah ]
peanut109: Fold 
Big Pot Fan: Fold 
async   : Raise All-in (750)
Lucas22 : Call (500)
*** FLOP *** : [ Kd 4h 8d ]
*** TURN *** : [ Kd 4h 8d ] [ Kc ]
*** RIVER *** : [ Kd 4h 8d Kc ] [ Kh ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 2,000 | Board: [ Kd  4h  8d  Kc  Kh ]
Lucas22 bet 1,000, collected 2,000, net +1,000 (showed hand) [ As  4c ]  (a full house, kings full of fours)
peanut109 didn't bet (folded) 
Big Pot Fan didn't bet (folded) 
async lost 1,000 (showed hand) [ Jd  Ah ]  (three of a kind, kings)
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(I was a 67:24 favorite)

GAME #1188765789 (LEVEL VIII, GAME #3) - 250/500 NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM - 2006/01/01-11:45:30.6 (CST)

Table "Aldabra" ($20 tournament) -- Seat 10 is the button

Seat  1: async  (1,775.00 in chips)

Seat  2: busyliving  (1,680.00 in chips)

Seat  5: replay22  (3,445.00 in chips)

Seat 10: lorang  (3,100.00 in chips)

async   : Post Small Blind (250)

busyliving: Post Big Blind (500)

Dealt to async [ Qd ]

Dealt to async [ Kd ]

replay22: Fold 

lorang  : Fold 

async   : Raise (1,525)

busyliving: Call All-in (1,180)

*** FLOP *** : [ 2c 6s 7s ]

*** TURN *** : [ 2c 6s 7s ] [ Qs ]

*** RIVER *** : [ 2c 6s 7s Qs ] [ Kc ]

*** SUMMARY ***

Pot: 3,360 | Board: [ 2c  6s  7s  Qs  Kc ]

async bet 1,775, collected 95, net -1,680 (showed hand) [ Qd  Kd ]  (two pair, kings and queens)

busyliving bet 1,680, collected 3,360, net +1,680 (showed hand) [ 4s  Ks ]  (a flush, king high)

replay22 didn't bet (folded) 

lorang didn't bet (folded) 

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(68:26 for me there)

Whereas every time I was behind, I was coinflippish (at least 44% to win - like when my AQ lost to JJ. Yes, I'm a dog, but why is it 2:1 and worse underdogs suck out against me repeatedly, and I can't suck out on a coin flip?